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        A modern, general-purpose Linux distribution
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    <p>
        Chimera is a general-purpose Linux-based OS born from unhappiness with
        the status quo. We aim to create a system that is simple, transparent,
        and easy to pick up, without having to give up practicality and a rich
        feature set.
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        It is built from scratch using novel tooling, approaches, and userland.
        Instead of intentionally limiting ourselves, we strive to achieve both
        conceptual simplicity and convenience with careful and high quality
        software design.
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        <a href="/about">Read more</a> for details.
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    <h1>Alternative userland.</h1>
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        Chimera uses a novel combination of core tools from FreeBSD,
        the LLVM toolchain, and the Musl C library, delivering a fresh
        experience with several major benefits.
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    <h1>Clean and consistent.</h1>
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        Chimera aims to eliminate legacy cruft where possible to deliver
        a modern, general purpose, fully featured operating system that
        is simple but complete.
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    <h1>Buildable from source.</h1>
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        Chimera is a binary distribution, but a source package build system
        is provided, enabling easy packaging of new software, builds of
        custom packages, and accessible infrastructure.
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    <h1>Portable.</h1>
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        You can use Chimera on all kinds of processors, including Intel/AMD,
        ARM AArch64, POWER and RISC-V. Central build system ensures packages
        are available everywhere.
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